This is probably old news but I haven't been around much in years. But, there I was watching In The Kitchen With David on QVC (I like kitchen gadgets!) and they announced that "Rohan Marley" would be joining him and that he owned a coffee plantation in Jamaicas Blue Mountains. Did Bob Marley and Janet Hunt name their son after the land of Rohan in Tolkien's books, I wonder. And didn't the Dwarves exiled from Erebor settle in The Blue Mountains? It just struck me as unusual. And brilliant! My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!

pictures taken while on the tour are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/Kirly7/LOTRNewZealandTour#

"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauronís master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.

You'll see a lot of familiar names here. I note that Durin was created second, while Thorin just appears in the list with no special distinction. Gandalf appears in the list with no special distinction, either.

I think this youngster's name is probably cultural, rather than from The Hobbit. I wonder if someone who's from a Scandinavian country could tell us if names from the Edda tend to be commonly used there?

What's curious is that I've heard his teacher pronounce it almost like "Torin", without a distinct "th" sound, but the "T" is soft, almost on the edge of being a "th". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

...none of the dwarf-names from either the Edda or the Hobbit are in common use in Denmark and I don't think in Norwegian og Swedish either. Might be in Icelandic, though, that's much closer to Old Norse. In Denmark 'Thor' is always pronounced 'Tor', well: 'TŰr' with a long 'o'. I've even got a son called 'Thorfinn' as middle name.

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I think this youngster's name is probably cultural, rather than from The Hobbit. I wonder if someone who's from a Scandinavian country could tell us if names from the Edda tend to be commonly used there?

What's curious is that I've heard his teacher pronounce it almost like "Torin", without a distinct "th" sound, but the "T" is soft, almost on the edge of being a "th".

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